CAELAN’S POV

~9 DAYS TO EXECUTION~

Kira hadn’t stopped crying since we left her.

Valerie.

Even hearing her name made something inside me twist with a mixture of rage and anger

“I know you’re angry,” Kira pleaded, grabbing my arm as we rounded the hallway toward the west wing. “But please, Caelan, listen to me. I don't think she abandoned us. She nearly lost it, and—”

“I don’t want to ...